Removing a new line feed in json file using Python.

Question

I am in the process of downloading data from firebase, exporting it into a json. After this I am trying to upload it into bigquery but I need to remove the new line feed for big query to accept it.

{   "ConnectionTime": 730669.644775033, 
    "objectId": "eHFvTUNqTR", 
    "CustomName": "Relay Controller", 
    "FirmwareRevision": "FW V1.96", 
    "DeviceID": "F1E4746E-DCEC-495B-AC75-1DFD66527561", 
    "PeripheralType": 9, 
    "updatedAt": "2016-12-13T15:50:41.626Z", 
    "Model": "DF Bluno", 
    "HardwareRevision": "HW V1.7", 
    "Serial": "0123456789", 
    "createdAt": "2016-12-13T15:50:41.626Z", 
    "Manufacturer": "DFRobot"}
{
    "ConnectionTime": 702937.7616419792, 
    "objectId": "uYuT3zgyez", 
    "CustomName": "Relay Controller", 
    "FirmwareRevision": "FW V1.96", 
    "DeviceID": "F1E4746E-DCEC-495B-AC75-1DFD66527561", 
    "PeripheralType": 9, 
    "updatedAt": "2016-12-13T08:08:29.829Z", 
    "Model": "DF Bluno", 
    "HardwareRevision": "HW V1.7", 
    "Serial": "0123456789", 
    "createdAt": "2016-12-13T08:08:29.829Z", 
    "Manufacturer": "DFRobot"}

This is how I need it but can not figure out how to do this besides manually doing it.

{"ConnectionTime": 730669.644775033,"objectId": "eHFvTUNqTR","CustomName": "Relay Controller","FirmwareRevision": "FW V1.96","DeviceID": "F1E4746E-DCEC-495B-AC75-1DFD66527561","PeripheralType": 9,"updatedAt": "2016-12-13T15:50:41.626Z","Model": "DF Bluno","HardwareRevision": "HW V1.7","Serial": "0123456789","createdAt": "2016-12-13T15:50:41.626Z","Manufacturer": "DFRobot"}
{"ConnectionTime": 702937.7616419792, "objectId": "uYuT3zgyez", "CustomName": "Relay Controller", "FirmwareRevision": "FW V1.96", "DeviceID": "F1E4746E-DCEC-495B-AC75-1DFD66527561", "PeripheralType": 9, "updatedAt": "2016-12-13T08:08:29.829Z", "Model": "DF Bluno", "HardwareRevision": "HW V1.7", "Serial": "0123456789", "createdAt": "2016-12-13T08:08:29.829Z", "Manufacturer": "DFRobot"}

I am using python to load the json, read it and then write a new one but can not figure out the right code. Thank you!

here is the outline for my python code

import json
with open('nospacetest.json', 'r') as f:
  data_json=json.load(f)

#b= the file after code for no line breaks is added

with open('testnoline.json', 'w') as outfile:
  json.dump=(b, outfile)

Answer 1

You only need to make sure that indent=None when you dump you data to json:

with open('testnoline.json', 'w') as outfile:   
    json.dump(data_json, outfile, indent=None)

Quoting from the doc:

If indent is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0, or negative, will only insert newlines. None (the default) selects the most compact representation.

Answer 2

Reading between the lines, I think the input format might be a single JSON array, and the desired output is newline-separated JSON representations of the elements of that array. If so, this is probably all that's needed:

with open('testnoline.json', 'w') as outfile:
    for obj in data_json:
        outfile.write(json.dumps(obj) + "\n")